4.  The first applicant was born in 1943 and the second applicant in 1948 respectively. They both live in Chrzanów, Poland.
5.  The applicants' late parents owned a plot of land in Chrzanów. On 14 April 1980 part of that land was taken over by the Chrzanów Municipality for the purpose of constructing a bus station there.
6.  On 29 May 1992 the Katowice Governor declared that the Chrzanów Municipality had acquired ex lege the ownership of the plots of land in question.
7.  On 24 May 1994 the applicants lodged an application with the Katowice Governor's Office asking for reconsideration of the 1980 decision. On 22 November 1994 the Katowice Governor gave a decision and refused the applicants' request.
8.  On the applicants' appeal, on 8 July 1997, the President of the Office for Housing and Town Development quashed the first-instance decision and remitted the case.
9.  On 13 August 1997 the municipality appealed against this decision to the Warsaw Regional Administrative Court. On 28 September 1999 the Warsaw Regional Administerative Court dismissed the municipality's appeal.
10.  On 21 November 2000 the Malopolski Governer (who had meanwhile become competent to examine the case) refused the applicants' request for reconsideration of the 1980's decision. On the parties' subsequent appeal, the President of the Office for Housing and Town Development again quashed the first-instance decision on 31 January 2001.
11.  On 9 August 2001 the Governor for the third time refused the applicants' request. On 7 December 2001 the President of the Office for Housing and Town Development once again quashed the first-instance decision.
12.  On 26 July 2002 the Governor for the fourth time refused the applicants' application. On 10 June 2003 on the parties' appeal, the President of the Office for Housing and Town Development quashed the Governor's decision.
13.  On 23 October 2003 the Governor for the fifth time refused to declare the decision of 1980 null and void.
14.  On 6 February 2004 the Minister of Infrastructure (meanwhile competent to examine the case) upheld the first-instance decision. On a parties' subsequent appeal, on 6 May 2005 the Warsaw Regional Administrative Court quashed the latter decision.
15.  On 2 January 2006 the applicants complained to the Minister of Transport and Construction about the delay in the proceedings. On 20 January 2006 the Minister dismissed their complaint as manifestly ill‑founded since meanwhile the Governor had delivered a decision.
16.  On 12 January 2006 the Governor gave its sixth decision in the applicants' case and declared the decision of 1980 null and void. On the municipality's appeal, on 26 April 2006 the Minister of Transport quashed the first-instance decision. On 10 October 2006 the Warsaw Regional Administrative Court quashed the Minister's decision. On 22 March 2007 the Minister upheld the Governor's decision of 12 January 2006. On 30 May 2007 the Minister's decision became final since none of the parties appealed.
17.  On 6 February 2008, upon their requests, the Kraków Governor informed the applicants that even though the decision of 1980 had been declared null and void, the applicants' names could not be entered in the Land Register because the decision of 29 May 1992 remained valid and the local municipality was still indicated as the rightful owner.
18.  On 4 March 2008 the applicants filed a motion for reopening of the proceedings terminated by the decision of 29 May 1992.
19.  On 9 April 2008 the Małopolski Governor decided to reopen the proceedings.
20.  On 24 April 2008 the applicants applied to the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration to declare the decision of 29 May 1992 null and void. On 16 June 2008 the Małopolski Governor declared that the decision of 1992 had been given contrary to the law then in force. On 29 October 2008 the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration declared the decision of 1992 null and void. The Chrzanów Municipality lodged a motion for reconsideration of the case. On 29 January 2009 the Minister upheld its previous decision. On 9 April 2009 the Minister's decision became final since none of the parties appealed.